Obatarian

Overview

The pejorative word obatalian is a pun between the Japanese word obaasan (old lady) and the English word battalion. Obatalian are known to always enter a train running as fast as they can, bumping others people in order to catch a free seat before the others. They haggle things that aren't normally haggled like grocery store produce. They are fearless and pitiless, just like a battalion of barbarians. This anime is follows 6 stories of one such Obatalian and her wake of destruction.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 3, 1990

Original language

English

Production

SUNRISE

Cast

Kazuyo Aoki,Saburo Kamei,Tomie Kataoka,Ryo Horikawa

Director

Tetsuro Amino

Writer

Shōji Tonoike,Shun'ichi Yukimuro,Katsuhiko Hotta,Toshiki Inoue

Producer

Morihiro Kato,Masuo Ueda

Cinematography

Shuichi Ito

Music

Kohei Tanaka

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt30447582